“Unveiling the Secrets: 20 Surprising Facts About Pretty In Pink That Will Change Your Viewing Experience Forever!”
If the interior of Pretty in Pink’s school starts to look familiar to you, that’s because it also features in another classic coming of age movie. The school depicted in Pretty in Pink is the same school seen in Grease, which also features a romance between two people from opposite ends of the social spectrum. Both have iconic fashion moments, even if the soundtrack for one is far less musical theatre than the other.
8. Molly Ringwald and Andrew McCarthy didn’t get along with Jon Cryer
The chemistry between Pretty in Pink’s main characters might seem very real, but in reality Molly Ringwald and Andrew McCarthy found it hard to get along with Jon Cryer, who played Duckie. Still, Ringwald and Cryer seemed to get along perfectly well in a 2010 Pretty in Pink reunion arranged by Entertainment Weekly, so maybe it’s all in the past. Despite having to play best friends, Cryer and Ringwald didn’t hang out much on the Pretty in Pink set, with Cryer usually sitting apart.
Ringwald and McCarthy meanwhile hung out all the time, eating lunch together and chatting between takes. Cryer later explained that his two co-stars were pretty shy and reserved at the time, while he was extroverted and outgoing. Cryer naturally assumed that they found him annoying and too exuberant, so he tried to tone it down around them.
7. The film features two tragic tributes at the end
Many films close with a tribute, whether it’s to somebody long passed who inspired the work or an elderly cast or staff member who passed once the movie was in post-production. Pretty in Pink features a tribute at the end, but it is made even more tragic by the fact that the tribute was to one of the movie’s young stars. Pretty in Pink’s closing credits tribute is dedicated to Alexa Kenin, a young actress who plays Jena in the movie.
